{"id":638961,"date":"2024-09-20T20:57:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/internet-surveillance-firm-sandvine-says-its-leaving-56-non-democratic-countries\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T20:57:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:57:30","slug":"internet-surveillance-firm-sandvine-says-its-leaving-56-non-democratic-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/internet-surveillance-firm-sandvine-says-its-leaving-56-non-democratic-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"#Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it&#8217;s leaving 56 &#8220;non-democratic&#8221; countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4060b1748f4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4060b1748f4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/internet-surveillance-firm-sandvine-says-its-leaving-56-non-democratic-countries\/#Contact_Us\" >Contact Us<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandvine, the makers of surveillance-ware that allowed authoritarian countries to censor the internet and spy on their citizens, announced that it is leaving dozens of \u201cnon-democratic\u201d countries as part of a major overhaul of the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company, which was founded in Canada, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sandvine.com\/press-releases\/our-next-chapter-as-a-market-leader-for-technology-solutions#_ftn2\">published a statement<\/a> on Thursday, claiming that it now wants to be \u201ca <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> solution leader for democracies.\u201d As part of this new strategy, Sandvine said it has already left 32 countries and is in the process of leaving another 24 countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandvine did not name the 56 countries, apart from Egypt, where Sandvine promised to leave by the end of March 2025. For the remaining countries \u2014 including non-government customers in Egypt \u2014 the \u201cend-of-service\u201d date will be the end of 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This change in the company\u2019s direction comes <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-10-08\/sandvine-s-tools-used-for-web-censoring-in-more-than-a-dozen-nations\">after years of investigations by Bloomberg<\/a>, which reported that Sandvine had sold its internet surveillance products to authoritarian regimes, including Belarus, Egypt, Eritrea, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandvine said that it based its decision to withdraw from the dozens of countries on a review of its operations based on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/latinoamerica21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Democracy-Index-2023-Final-report.pdf\">The Economist Intelligence Unit\u2019s 2023 Democracy Index<\/a>, which categorizes countries based on their \u201cregime type.\u201d The company also said it made this decision \u201cin consultation with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of State, and other key members of the U.S. government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandvine did not respond to a request for comment, asking the company to provide a full list of the countries that it has already left, and that it is planning on leaving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-block block--callout alignright\">\n<h4 class=\"block--callout__title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contact_Us\"><\/span>Contact Us<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>        Do you have more information about Sandvine, or other surveillance tech makers? From a non-work device, you can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, or via Telegram and Keybase @lorenzofb, or email. You also can contact TechCrunch via SecureDrop.  <\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Commerce put Sandvine <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2024-03674.pdf\">on a blocklist<\/a> \u2014 technically known as the Entity List \u2014 accusing the company of selling its products to the Egyptian government, which used Sandvine \u201cin mass web-monitoring and censorship to block <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> as well as target political actors and human rights activists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last few years, digital rights research group <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/tag\/sandvine\/\">Citizen Lab<\/a> published reports about Sandvine, which also exposed the use of the company\u2019s technology in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2018\/03\/bad-traffic-sandvines-packetlogic-devices-deploy-government-spyware-turkey-syria\/\">Turkey and Syria<\/a>, where Sandvine\u2019s equipment was allegedly used to redirect hundreds of users to spyware.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandvine\u2019s overhaul <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to show that the pressure applied by the U.S. government actions against the company was effective, according to experts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor a long time, we knew about the harm but didn\u2019t know what might effectively pump the brakes on out-of-control surveillance tech proliferation,\u201d John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at Citizen Lab, told TechCrunch. \u201cSandvine\u2019s tailspin shows that the U.S. model, which includes sanctions, can have a direct positive impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, agreed, telling TechCrunch that the Sandvine case, \u201cshows what can happen when you have careful evidence-based research, investigative journalism and public interest advocacy combined with targeted and meaningful government regulations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last couple of years, the U.S. government has targeted other companies that sell surveillance technology. In 2021, the U.S. Commerce Department put NSO Group on the Commerce Department\u2019s blocklist, effectively barring U.S. companies from doing business with the Israeli spyware maker, which sells its mobile spyware Pegasus. In 2023, the U.S. government put Intellexa, a consortium that makes the spyware Predator, on the same economic blocklist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Intellexa\u2019s founder Tal Dilian and one of his business associates. These sanctions, which specifically targeted Dilian, rather than his companies, have caused other spyware makers to worry about getting in the U.S. government\u2019s crosshairs themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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